The Liverpool Telescope is a 2.0 metre fully robotic telescope on La Palma,
equipped with optical imaging, spectroscopic, polarimetric and fast-timing
instruments. The telescope is flexibly scheduled, with users who are allocated
time though the normal CAT process given access to a web based tool to
submit and update observing requests to the queue at any time during the
semester. It is possible to submit observations as single "one-off" types,
or to be repeated at various intervals. In addition observations that are entered
during a night are available for scheduling that same night, all of which makes
the telescope ideal for time domain observations.

The instruments available are FRODOSpec, RATCam, RINGO2 and RISE:

FRODOSpec is the multi-purpose integral-field input spectrograph. Its specification allows observations at 380-1000 nm in either low (R~2400) or high (R~5400) resolution mode. The IFU provides a 12x12 lenslet array over a total field of view of ~10 arcsec. The Blue arm throughput was improved by a factor of 3 during 2010.

RATCam is an optical CCD camera with a 4.6 x 4.6 arcmin field of view. The available filters are Sloan u', g', r', i', z', Bessell B and V, and Hα.

The RINGO2 imaging polarimeter offers significant improvements on RINGO. It has a 4 x 4 arcmin field of view with a sensitivity improvement of 2 magnitudes and much simpler data reduction.

RISE is a fast-readout camera developed in collaboration with Queens University Belfast. It has a fixed "V+R" filter (similar to that used in RINGO) and reimaging optics giving a 7x7 arcmin field of view. An e2V frame transfer detector is used to obtain a cycle time of less than 1 second. For exoplanet proposals using RISE you must contact the telescope director Iain Steele for approval before submitting your proposal.

All data from the telescope are pipelined automatically to remove instrumental
signatures. More details of the telescope and its instrumentation are available
on this website.

In Semester 2011B, 135 hours of time are available for scientific
use of the LT through CAT. Submission uses the standard CAT form and
website at http://www.iac.es/cat/pages/cat-nocturno/en/applications.php. The deadline for submissions is 1st April 2011.

Support for preparing your application, including advice on the preparation of your
technical case, is available via email at phase1@astro.livjm.ac.uk.